Minimum Wage Hearings to Kickoff in Coming Weeks

Posted by Connie Llanos on March 09, 2015

Los Angeles – Councilmember Curren Price announced Monday the calendar of Economic Development Committee hearings that will be held to discuss the current proposals to raise wages across the City. The hearings will review an economic impact study conducted by the University of California Berkeley, which was commissioned by the City last fall. The hearings will also discuss independent studies prepared by key stakeholders the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and the County Federation of Labor. These hearings come as the result of the motion introduced by Councilman Price along with his colleagues, Councilmembers Mike Bonin, Gil Cedillo, and Nury Martinez, which called for raising the minimum wage in Los Angeles to $13.25 by 2017 and $15.25 by 2019.

“We continue to see a persistent problem with income inequality in our City, an issue that we also know severely impacts our region’s long-term economic development,” said Councilman Curren Price. “Raising wages in Los Angeles will not only help hardworking men and women survive, bringing wages up to meet rising costs for goods and inflation, it will also give our local economy a much needed booster shot, with families spending their additional income right here locally.”

In his efforts to create as thorough and deliberative a process as possible, Councilman Price has committed to hosting these Economic Development hearings throughout the city. The University of California study on the City-wide minimum wage will be submitted March 16th and hearings will begin as follows: